artists and insecurity

The image is food critic Anton Ego from the movie Ratatouille. Here is a scene with him. The imdb page summarizes the movie is about: “A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.” I was reminded of the stuffy and dour character of Anton while […]

Many creative, sensitive, intense and/or gifted teens and adults sometimes feel they are misfits. One example was John Lennon – he once said: “There was something wrong with me, I thought, because I seemed to see things other people didn’t see.” ﻿ Here is more from a magazine interview with Lennon: Playboy: How about “Strawberry […]

Gifted, sensitive and creative people “can cope with their intense feelings, and transform their perceived deep defects into their greatest gifts which will enable them to make a unique, creative contribution to the world.” Psychotherapist Sharon M. Barnes. ~~ “There was something wrong with me, I thought, because I seemed to see things other people […]

By Sarah Swenson, MA, LMHCA One of the frequent sources of anxiety mentioned by clients in my specialty psychotherapy practice of working with intellectually gifted individuals is the fear of obliteration of consciousness at death. To them, Being and Nothingness is not just a thick book by Jean Paul Sartre. As a concept, it presents […]

By Belinda Seiger, PhD, LCSW Although this particular story is about one individual 24 year old gifted young woman that I refer to as “weed girl,” the narrative represents the many stories that I hear on a regular basis as a psychotherapist and career counselor dealing primarily with gifted young adults. Weed girl’s story is one […]